Time Nodes vs Truly Simple Nudges
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Nodes
Track time with simple count-up and count-down timers. Monitor progress towards future events or count elapsed time from past dates. Sync across devices with a native, intuitive interface.
- Count up from past dates
- Count down to future dates
- Track percentage progress
- Log actions needed
- Sync across Apple devices
- Native system style UI
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Time Nodes is a simple and focused app that helps you to: - Count up from a past date. - Count down to a future date, with the ability of tracking the percentage progress and actions that need to take. You can sync your time nodes across multiple Apple devices (login with same Apple ID), and the system native style user interface is intuitive and easy to use.
Truly Simple Nudges
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Truly Simple Nudges solves the problem of remembering to do the little things throughout your day. Standard alarms are too rigid, and to-do lists don't tap you on the shoulder. This tool sends ambient, customizable push notifications to help you stay mindful, hydrate, check your posture, or take screen breaks. It runs quietly in the background on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad—keeping everything in sync natively without bloated progress trackers. Features: • Set nudges to fire at evenly spaced intervals, precise times, or entirely at random. • Customize active hours and specific days of the week for each nudge (so you aren't getting posture checks on Sunday). • Mute notifications on a per-device basis (keep a nudge active on your Mac while muting it on your iPhone). • Quick-access menu bar dropdown on MacOS for easy toggling and pausing. • Nudge library automatically syncs across all your devices via iCloud. • Global "Pause All" button for meetings, movies, or deep focus. • All features available for free, and a one-time, lifetime paid "Pro" version unlocks the ability to have more than three nudges active at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Nodes at none against Truly Simple Nudges's 1. Truly Simple Nudges's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Truly Simple Nudges sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Time Nodes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Time Nodes ships an update every 3 months, Truly Simple Nudges every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Nodes | Truly Simple Nudges |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CreationAct (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd. | Colin Wright |
In-app purchases
Time Nodes
No in-app purchases
Truly Simple Nudges
- Pro$4.99









